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Where to Find Scholarships for Single Moms - The Scholarship Coach (usnews.com)

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Where to Find Scholarships for Single Moms

September 29, 2011 RSS Feed Print

While it was once rare to see women in college classrooms, these days there are more women than ever enrolled in higher education. In fact, there are currently more women enrolled than their male counterparts. With the female student population growing, so is the number of "nontraditional" students. Single mothers are among those in this category. Scholarship providers are creating more financial aid opportunities tailored to fit female students in special circumstances. Here are just a few:

If you had to put your higher education on hold due to raising a family, the Jeanette Rankin Women's Scholarship Fund offers a scholarship for women over the age of 35, pursuing a technical